Just why the Romans did this, though, remains a mystery. The experts that made the discovery found that the natural ...

If there’s no lath, the angle of the nail and the ... The drawbacks are potential future cracks from using gypsum materials with lime plaster. Repairing cracks in plaster can be intimidating ...

Made by compressing gypsum plaster between layers of paper pulp ... frames and pay for the skilled labor, lath and plaster may be a great drywall alternative. It holds up well against moisture, making ...

Unless you live in an older home with plaster and lath walls, then you’re likely surrounded by panels of compacted gypsum ...

Drywall, first introduced in 1916 by United States Gypsum (USG), has largely ... for plastering because the lath, not the studs themselves, support a plaster coating. An old home with irregular ...